Wednesday 25 May 2011

Vietnam top 10: Mai Chau homestay

Vietnam top 10: A night in a Mai Chau homestay

One of the best things we did on our trip was spend a night in a traditional Vietnamese hut on stilts that belonged to a hill tribe 'White Thai' family in Mai Chau. As it was low season we had a huge hut to ourselves, ate the wondeful food cooked by the wife of the owner and enjoyed their warm hospitality. In the evening some White Thai women performed a traditional dance in the hut which we joined in with at the end!

The atmosphere at night is fantastic. I loved going to sleep to the sound of crickets outside our hut and waking up to a beautiful sunrise the next morning. Highly recommended!

Sunset from our Mai Chau homestay


Bedtime!








 

Delicious food cooked by the family we stayed with

Drinking sticky rice wine with White Thai dancers
View from top of a hill on the way to Mai Chau







Lunch on the first day




Chowing down on dinner!

Us dancing with the White Thai performers


Me in our hut on stilts

White Thai hill tribe woman weaving
Sunset in Mai Chau



Me relaxing by our stilt hut in Mai Chau


Alex in our hut

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